Category Archives: Guest Bloggers

(Editor’s note: This post is reprinted with permission from OPM Entrepreneurial Services, Inc.‘s email newsletter.) By Kent Oyler, OPM Entrepreneurial Services, Inc. Like so many of us born before 1980, I’ve been striving to fathom the Millennial Generation. I’m referring to those overeducated, good-looking young folks who have taken over my club, not to mention my workplace. [...]

(Editor’s note: Gov. Steve Beshear confirmed today that Kentucky will expand Medicaid enrollment under the Affordable Care Act.) By Jim Waters, Bluegrass Institute More than 324 years after architect Sir Christopher Wren constructed fake pillars at Windsor Town Hall near London to satisfy building inspectors, tourists remain fascinated with the good-for-nothing posts. The story goes that [...]

(Editor’s note: This post is reprinted with permission from the e-mail newsletter OPM Entrepreneurial Services, Inc.) By Kent Oyler, OPM Entrepreneurial Services, Inc. Following through with my New Year’s resolution to read at least a short story or a magazine each month, I picked up Simon Sinek’s book, Start with Why. Thinking it might be a sequel [...]

(Editor’s note: The U.S. Senate today confirmed John Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.) By Jim Waters, Bluegrass Institute What began as a simple, straightforward question on Wednesday concerning the White House’s secret drone program eventually turned into the boldest stance taken by any lawmaker – whether from Washington or Frankfort – in [...]

(Editor’s note: Dr. Regina MJ Kyle, the CEO of The Kyle Group and a former university dean, tells us how some of Louisville’s leading social entrepreneurs compare to internationally recognized stars in the emerging field.) Social entrepreneurship is as old as the earliest human communities; we just didn’t start to call it that until the [...]

By John David Dyche In an obvious oversight, The Courier-Journal’s new publisher, Wesley Jackson, has not contacted this columnist for suggestions on saving the newspaper from the fate of the New Orleans Times-Picayune (which produces a paper edition only thrice weekly) or worse. Jackson has implemented reforms related to financial viability rather than content, but [...]

(Editor’s note: We asked Professor Helen Deines at Spalding University, a social activist, for comment on Catholic Health Initiatives requirements that job applicants believe in God.) I think you are going to be disappointed in my comments, since I find little offensive about any organization asking a potential employee whether they can live with the [...]

(Editor’s note: Last week, Louisville businessman Denis Frankenberger released a white paper on KFC Yum! Center, with his data indicating the Louisville Arena Authority ultimately will default because neither taxing district revenue nor arena revenue are sufficient to service the bond debt.) By Denis Frankenberger Yesterday, Mayor Greg Fischer speaking on the Mandy Connell’s WHAS [...]

(Editor’s note: This post was updated at 11:15 a.m. with additional information.) I teach a personal finance course at Ivy Tech Community College, which is in Sellersburg, Ind., just north of Louisville. The majority of my students work more than 20 hours per week while they go to school. Most of them receive some type [...]